I was aiming for #69 this week but accidentally overshot, then #30 was within reach so I started to grind... kinda burning out on it though.

Probably good for the metrics, but not feeling very "cozy spaces" to me rn.

I like sharing my younger self's art, but unsure how public I want it right now. Ideally I just want people who are really into it to get access to all of it and enjoy it, while also keeping it semi-private. That feels cozy.

Not quite channels, preferably not crawlable, but also DM group feels off too. Need to keep thinking on it...

A doodler and computerer. I like permissive/permissionless open source, smart contracts, p2p systems, room-scale VR, and NixOS.

shazow.net

Currently: WhatsABI

"Not quite channels, preferably not crawlable, but also DM group feels off too. Need to keep thinking on it..."

*nod* That's kinda where my head is at lately too. I'm an admin for a great group chat taking place in Warpcast DCs, but we all struggle with following the flow of the ongoing topics because DCs aren't designed for long-form discussions. We'd like to carve out our own cozy corner in the Farcaster ecosystem. Ideally it would have both private and public sections or "branches." But we haven't found anything suitable.

Idea: Federate concepts, not content.

More and more of my deep discussions are happening in small 3-5 person chat groups on various apps. Sometimes different groups discuss similar topics, but often in different perspectives. I really like this aspect. If all the content was federated between my chat groups, it would ruin the divergence.

I imagine a future where discussions converge towards a byproduct artifact (a summary?) which can be "federated" out.

I also like the idea that no single person is attributed to the output, but it is owned collectively (and signed off on together).

🤝 must intensify the cozy!

Curious to hear more about how you're experimenting and your findings!

Related idea: https://warpcast.com/shazow.eth/0x8a298189

Something between group chats and channels, a secret third thing.

Writer, senior editor, music nerd, GenX eldergoth, monastery-bootstrapper. https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson https://tinyurl.com/Black-Stone-Wordsmith

Slowcore HQ

We (admins @thecurioushermit and I) are putting the /slowcore-hq channel into extended hibernation. 

We haven't lost interest in the FC-seeded slowcore movement. To the contrary: we think it’s much-needed! 

However, the Farconomy doesn't have economic models to sustainably fund ongoing maintenance efforts for channels. 

Some projects have made inroads in the right direction. But without realistic prospects of adequate compensation to cover basic costs for responsible channel stewardship, we'll struggle with moderator attrition and burnout. (We apologize for the backlog of pending membership requests).

The channel deserves better.

It doesn’t seem fair or responsible to ask others to take over the channel under these conditions either, since channels are not a priority for WC.

Maybe one day we’ll get a chance to turn /slowcore-hq into a sustainable cozy corner. 

For now, thanks for your camaraderie, fellow sloth people. We appreciate you.

Keep moving slow and preserving things. 🐢 🐌

Happy to brainstorm. Something like this is much needed. 

We (myself and group chat co-admin @trigs) have been keeping a close eye out for what we need if we're ever going to move the group chat elsewhere. 

There seems to be plenty of interest in a Farcaster client designed to facilitate deep-dive discussions, but if there's anyone actually working on building it, we haven't found them yet.

We'll also need some kind of non-extractive economic model to cover our admin costs sustainably — without tokenizing in a way that turns the community into the product. Seems to be quite a tall order.

For now, the private group chat will just stick with the status quo until we can find or build what we need... and in the meantime the public /slowcore-hq channel (which also needs a better space for slow-paced deep dives and preservation of evergreen topics) has gone into hibernation.

Happy to brainstorm. Something like this is much needed. 

We (myself and group chat co-admin @trigs) have been keeping a close eye out for what we need if we're ever going to move the group chat elsewhere. 

There seems to be plenty of interest in a Farcaster client designed to facilitate deep-dive discussions, but if there's anyone actually working on building it, we haven't found them yet.

We'll also need some kind of non-extractive economic model to cover our admin costs sustainably — without tokenizing in a way that turns the community into the product. Seems to be quite a tall order.

For now, the private group chat will just stick with the status quo until we can find or build what we need... and in the meantime the public /slowcore-hq channel (which also needs a better space for slow-paced deep dives and preservation of evergreen topics) has gone into hibernation.

https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/0xe401b81e